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Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
Joe wrote:
If he hit a potato (in the patch) it ripped off the bolted on keel and he sunk in just a few seconds. On top of that he was tethered to the boat and was pulled down with her. Thats my guess. With such light winds he was motoring at full speed. I don't think that C&C 40 _without_ a keel would sink all that fast. Cheers Marty |
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Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
I suppose that it was possible that he was sunk by a whale.
Jonathan... Now that you mentioned it... A friend of mine (K7HI) is the Radio-Electronics Officer aboard the Matson container ship "Kauai". Just a couple of days ago... North of the victim's assumed location the Kauai wrapped a fairly good sized whale (they think it was a Blue) around the bow just above the bulb. The bridge watch at the time... first noticed a drop in RPMs from 100 to 90... and speed... as well as an irregular wake pattern. Needless to say... the "critter" was killed as a result of the im- pact. Bill |
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Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
On Feb 1, 9:45 am, "
wrote: I suppose that it was possible that he was sunk by a whale. Jonathan... Now that you mentioned it... A friend of mine (K7HI) is the Radio-Electronics Officer aboard the Matson container ship "Kauai". Just a couple of days ago... North of the victim's assumed location the Kauai wrapped a fairly good sized whale (they think it was a Blue) around the bow just above the bulb. The bridge watch at the time... first noticed a drop in RPMs from 100 to 90... and speed... as well as an irregular wake pattern. Needless to say... the "critter" was killed as a result of the im- pact. Bill Maybe the whale was code word for sailboat. Joe |
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Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
On Feb 1, 9:10 am, Martin Baxter wrote:
Joe wrote: If he hit a potato (in the patch) it ripped off the bolted on keel and he sunk in just a few seconds. On top of that he was tethered to the boat and was pulled down with her. Thats my guess. With such light winds he was motoring at full speed. I don't think that C&C 40 _without_ a keel would sink all that fast. Cheers Marty Well a 2'X8' hole in the bottom of most boats would sink them in a matter of a few seconds. The C&C 40 has no type of foam floatation, ect. I think it would go down like a rock. Not a bad looking boat, but IMO a Pearson 40 is a better boat if you are looking for that type of boat. Joe |
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ups.com... I suppose that it was possible that he was sunk by a whale. Jonathan... Now that you mentioned it... A friend of mine (K7HI) is the Radio-Electronics Officer aboard the Matson container ship "Kauai". Just a couple of days ago... North of the victim's assumed location the Kauai wrapped a fairly good sized whale (they think it was a Blue) around the bow just above the bulb. The bridge watch at the time... first noticed a drop in RPMs from 100 to 90... and speed... as well as an irregular wake pattern. Needless to say... the "critter" was killed as a result of the im- pact. Bill Yeah, I saw that... too bad for the whale I guess. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
... Joe wrote: If he hit a potato (in the patch) it ripped off the bolted on keel and he sunk in just a few seconds. On top of that he was tethered to the boat and was pulled down with her. Thats my guess. With such light winds he was motoring at full speed. I don't think that C&C 40 _without_ a keel would sink all that fast. Cheers Marty Neither do I. You'd have plenty of time and there would still be debris of some kind... cushions, whatever. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
Maybe the whale was code word for sailboat. Naw... I don't think so Joe... in this particular incident. But I think I know where your coming from with that thought. The media has a photo... I believe taken from the bridge (this is one of those vessels with the main accomodations way the heck up front ....damn near rising straight above the bow) of the poor old whale wrapped around and partially severed as well. Bill |
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Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
On Jan 31, 9:54 pm, "
wrote: Bet it had a keel smile, Hey Joe... what does that statement mean? As a layperson I'm just not familiar with that term? Just google "C&C smile". There is some sort of gasket between the cast keel and the hull, with filler added. When you see a C&C just hauled from the water you knowtice the flexing causes a crack at the joint, when you look at the boat from the head on the crack makes it looks as if it's smiling. Bobspirt had this problem with the C&C he had. Joe |
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Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
Joe wrote:
Well a 2'X8' hole in the bottom of most boats would sink them in a matter of a few seconds. The C&C 40 has no type of foam floatation, ect. I think it would go down like a rock. Not a bad looking boat, but IMO a Pearson 40 is a better boat if you are looking for that type of boat. A 2' x 8' hole! Were did you get that from? Cheers Marty |
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